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49ers' offense far from its glory days.(Chicago Tribune)
Byline: Dan McGrath
CHICAGO _ The uniforms were the same, and so were some of the numbers. But the San Francisco 49ers who engaged the Bears on Sunday night at Soldier Field bore about as much resemblance to their five-time Super Bowl-winning forebears as ... well, as the Bears did to one of their leather-helmeted Monsters of the Midway outfits.
How bad was it? Much worse than the 23-13 final score.
The team that revolutionized football with Bill Walsh's sleek West Coast offense failed to muster a first down in the third quarter, going three-and-out on all three possessions. The 49ers had 162 yards for the game_about a quarter's worth in Walsh's heyday_averaging 2.6 yards per play, and they converted just three times on 16 third downs.
"That was a fiasco, unacceptable on offense in all aspects of it," coach Dennis Erickson said after San Francisco fell to a league-worst 1-6. "It's very disappointing. We did not perform at a level you can win at in the NFL."
Trailing 16-13 late in the fourth quarter, the 49ers finally seemed to get something going, moving from their 25 to the Bears' 36-yard line. But Bears rookie Nathan Vasher outmaneuvered Brandon Lloyd for Ken Dorsey's pass at the 28, scrambled to his feet and brought the ball back 72 yards for the touchdown that sealed the Bears' victory.
"It came down to somebody making a play, and they made one," Erickson said. "We couldn't get our defense off the field."
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